Aziz Art September 2016

three of whom became
art dealers. This Vincent may have
been
named after his own great-uncle,
a sculptor (1729–1802).
Van Gogh's mother came from a
prosperous family in The Hague,
and his father was the youngest
son of a minister.The two met
when Anna's younger sister,
Cornelia, married Theodorus's
older
brother Vincent (Cent).
Van Gogh's parents married in
May 1851 and moved to
Zundert.His brother
Theo was born on 1 May 1857.
There was another brother, Cor,
and three sisters: Elisabeth, Anna,
and Willemina (known as "Wil").
In later life Van Gogh remained in
touch only with Willemina and
Theo.Van Gogh's mother
was a rigid and religious woman
who emphasised the
importance of family to the
point of claustrophobia for those
around her. Theodorus's salary
was modest, but the Church
supplied the family with a
house, a maid, two cooks, a
gardener, a carriage and horse,
and Anna instilled in the
children a duty to uphold the
family's high social position.
Black-and-white formal head shot
photo of the artist as a boy in jacket
and tie. He has thick curly hair and
very pale-coloured eyes with a
wary, uneasy expression.
Vincent c. 1866, about 13 years old
Van Gogh was a serious and
thoughtful child. He was taught at
home by his mother and a
governess, and in 1860 was sent to
the village school. In 1864 he was
placed in a boarding school at
Zevenbergen, where he felt
abandoned, and campaigned to
come home. Instead, in 1866 his
parents sent him to the middle
school in Tilburg, where he was
deeply unhappy.His interest in art
began at a young age; encouraged
to draw as a child by his mother,his
early drawings are expressive, but
do not approach the intensity
developed in his later
work.Constantijn C. Huysmans, who
had been a successful artist in Paris,
taught the students at Tilburg. His
philosophy was to reject technique
in favour of capturing the
impressions of things, particularly
nature or common objects.